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The DWR plugin provides integration with the Ajax framework Direct Web Remoting.

This plugin works by allowing DWR to execute a Struts 2 action and return any validation errors.

This plugin is only available with Struts 2.1.1 or later

Features

  • Expose Struts 2 validations via DWR

Usage

To expose Struts 2 validations via DWR, add this to your DWR configuration:

<dwr>
   <allow>
     <create creator="new" javascript="validator" class="org.apache.struts2.validators.DWRValidator"/>
     <convert converter="bean" match="com.opensymphony.xwork2.ValidationAwareSupport"/>
   </allow>
</dwr>

Settings

This plugin doesn't support any global settings.

Installation

To install, simply include the DWR Plugin in your WEB-INF/lib directory. Ensure that DWR has been correctly installed and configured.